admin The EEOC, which investigates all types of employment discrimination, defines sexual harassment as “unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature
Racism—the belief that one racial group is superior over another based on perceived genetic differences, and the systemic oppression of a racial group to the advantage of another—has played a significant role in human interactions for thousands of years
The Novel 1984 was written by author George Orwell (1903–1950), who warns readers against totalitarianism, a system of absolute authority, which he imagined would occur a little more than three decades in his future
Economists are fascinated by the idea of importance of money as a social institution— an agreement among individuals—that, if we keep it, makes our economic lives better and allows our economies to grow more rapidly.
Crisis on Infinite Earths was a twelve-issue maxiseries published by DC Comics. The story was conceived by writer Marv Wolfman as a solution to the problematic issue of DC Comics’ convoluted continuity
The explosion of Unit Number 4 at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station, which took place 34 years ago, has come to symbolize many things: scientific hubris, the danger of the atom, and even the failure of communism.
The idea that undocumented immigrants take away jobs from citizens is easy to understand. With only a certain number of jobs available in an economy, any job given to an undocumented immigrant means one less job available to native job seekers.
Terrorism is the use of violence, generally by non-state individuals or organizations, especially against political targets, to achieve political goals. Many high-profile terrorist incidents, such as the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States or the Paris attacks of 2015, involve international or foreign policy issues.
Human capital, cultural capital, and social capital are three related terms used in sociology, economics, and other fields. In economics the word capital is often used to refer to money, goods, or other tangible (material) financial assets
Labor migration, or the movement of workers from one area to another, often involves the transfer or exchange of skilled individuals between nations.
